Refrigerator



(No Model.)

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'UNITED STATES- .PATENT *()Fricn CLEMENT V. HILL, OF TRENTON, NEV JERSEY.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,907, dated November12, 1889.

- Application led June 21, 1889."' SerialNo. 315,038. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CLEMENT V. HILL, of Trenton, in the county ofvMercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedRefrigerator, of which the following is a full, c lear, and eXactdescription.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and has for its object-toprovide a refrigerator by means ofv which vessels and receptacles in therefrigerator, and especially bulky jars.

and tubs, may be readily handled in placing and removing them from therefrigerator, and by means ofwhich also thetemperature of therefrigerator will not be affected while the contents of the vtub orvessel are being emptied or replenished upon being removed from therefrigerator for the purpose, and the waste of ice prevented.

The invention consists in a refrigerator constructed and arranged ashereinafter described and claimed. l

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a view of a refrigerator constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof in vertical section. Fig. 3 isa plan view of a shelf detached; and Fig. 4is a detail thereof inposition, partly in section and broken away.

In carrying out this invention, a'refrigerator 1 of suitable size andshape is provided, having any number of storage-compartments 2 withdoors 3. As here shown, the top of the refrigerator is constructed witha grating 4, on which rests the ice 5, and an inclined sheetmetal iioor6, located beneath the grating 4, having a discharge-pipe 7 leadingthrough the side of the refrigerator to carry off the drip from the ice.

In the bottom of one or more of the compartments 2 is located a slidingflat shelf or board 8, having its side edges located and adapted to runin grooves 9, formed, as here shownfby strips 10. To enable the shelf 8to be easily moved in the grooves 9, frictionrollers 1l are located inthe sides of the shelf S at'its riear end, so as to project upward anddownward and bear against the strips 10 of each groove 9, andfriction-rollers 12 are located in the bottom strip 10 or bottom of eachgroove 9 at its forward end, so as to project upward and bear againstthe shelf 8. By this means, when the shelf 8 is in closed position orwithin the refrigerator, as shown in the upper compartment 2 in Fig. 1,and in the lower compartment 2,v as shown in Fig. 2, the rollers at therear end of shelf 8 bear on the strips 10, and the sides of the forwardend of shelf 8 rest on the rollers 12. Vhen the shelf 8 is drawn out ofthe refrigerator, it will reston and move over the rollers 12, and if atub of butter rests on the shelf 8 it will be found that the weight willpress the shelf 8 down on the rollers 12, and the shelf 8 may be easilydrawn with its load over the rollers 12. As that portion of the shelfwith the weight on it is carried over and beyond the rollers 12, theweight will cause the rear end of the shelf 8 to be pressed up ingrooves 9, and as the rollers 1l bear up against the top and bottom ofgrooves 9 the further outward movement of the shelf 8 with its load maybe easily continued until the shelf 8 reaches the extended positionoutside of the refrigerator, as shown p in connection with the lowercompartment 2 in Fig. 1 and the upper compartment 2 in Fig. 2. Inv thisway an unwieldy receptacle, like a tub of butter, may be easily placedin and removed from the refrigerator. When the shelf 8 is drawn out sothat the tub of butter or other receptacle rests on the shelf outside ofthe refrigerator, a sufficient rear portion of the shelf 8 remainsinside of the refrigerator in the grooves 9 to support the shelf and theweight resting thereon.

In order that the temperature of the refrigerator may not be affected bythe outside warm air rushing into the refrigerator through the openingleft by the open door 3 while the tub or vessel resting on theprojecting por.- tion of the shelf 8 is being emptied or filled,provision is made for closing the opening of compartment 2. This iseffected by means of doors 13, hinged at the sides of the opening insideof the compartment 2 and folding IOO side strips 15 on the top of shelf8, connected at their rear end by a crossstrip 16,adja cent to which thelower edges of the doors 13 are located when the latter close theopening of compartment 2.

Extending from the side strips l5 to the cross-strip 16 on shelf S aremounted curved strips 17, by means of which the doors 13 are permittedto gradually close as the shelf 8 is drawn out, the spring-hinges 14holding the doors 13 against the Astrips 17. As the shelf 8 is pushed inthe curved strips 17 press against the doors 13 to open them.

The shelf 8 is formed with an aperture 18 in its rear and a eut-awayportion 19 or an aperture in its forward end, whereby air is permittedto circulate under the shelf 8'. The upper edge of the doors 13 isprovided with a horizontal flange 13', by means of which the spacebetween the top of the doors is closed, the bottom of the doors abuttingclose against the strip 16.

It will thus be seen that by means of this invention bulky articles maybe readily and easily placed in and removed from a refrigerator, andthat While the contents of the compartment are being handled outside ofthe refrigerator the temperature of the refrigerator will not beaffected by the outside air, and the loss of ice arising from the changeof temperature caused by admission of the outside air is avoided,thereby leffecting a material saving of ice.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A refrigerator having one or more compartmentsconstructed with a flat shelf hav- `ing curved guide-strips on its rearend and extending over the bottom of the compartment and movable out ofand into the refrigerator through the door-opening of the refrigerator,with guide-supports for the shelf to hold it iniextended positionwhenprojected iout of the refrigerator, and automaticallyshelf,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a compartment having a door and a shelf movablein and out of said compartment through said door-opening, of anauxiliary automatically-operated closure in said compartment, releasedupon the outward movement of the shelf, and extending, when closed,intothe path of the inner part thereof, to be opened by the inward movementof the shelf, substantially as set forth.

4. In a refrigerator, the compartment 2, with grooves 9 at the bottom ofits sides and internal spring actuated outwardly closing doors adjacentto the door-opening of compartment 2,111 combination with a sliding fiatshelf 8, located in grooves 9 and adapted to be projected out of thedoor-opening, with side strips and curved strips bearing against theinternal doors to open and close them, and proj eeting rollers at therear of shelf 8, located in the grooves 9, and upwardly-projectingrollers located in the forwardpart ofgrooves 9 and bearing against theunder side of shelf 8, substantially as described.

CLEMENT V. HILL. VVit-nesse's:

)Derin 1I. PIERsoN, FURMAN T. BLACKWELL.

